Kaufman/Eskowitz Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS 0788

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Forms part of the South Texas Jewish Archives. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

Seven boxes containing immigration materials, correspondence, marriage records, directories, programs, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, video, and memorabilia document the lives and activities of members of the Kaufman and Eskowitz families from 1896 to 2008.

Forms part of the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives.

Dates

Creation: 1896 - 2008

Conditions Governing Access

Collection open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Kaufman/Eskowitz Family Papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library. The Woodson Research Center use policy is that researchers assume sole responsibility for any infringement of privacy, literary rights, copyrights, or other rights arising from their use of the archival materials. In addition to any restrictions placed by donors, certain kinds of archival materials are restricted for the life of the creator plus 50 years. These materials include, but are not limited to, student grades, transcripts, and any job applications or recommendations.

Biographical / Historical

Lillian Weinberg was born in 1896 in Houston to Philip and Ida Weinberg. Benjamin Kaufman was born in Russia in 1894 and immigrated to the United States in 1912. Lillian and Benjamin married in 1921. The couple had two children, Raymond and Inez. Inez Kaufman was born on October 15, 1929. She grew up in Houston and graduated from Reagan High School. She attended University of Texas at Austin.

Maurice Eskowitz was born in Galveston to Harry and Adele Eskowitz in 1925 and the family moved to Houston when Maurice was ten years old. He graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in 1943 and attended the University of Houston until joining the Army the following year. Maurice spent two years in the Army, serving in the Philippines and Korea before being discharged in May 1946. After returning, he continued his education at UH, graduating in 1950.

Inez married Maurice Eskowitz in 1952. The couple had two children, Sheryl and Bruce. Maurice died July 4, 2013, and Inez died March 6, 2019. Both are buried at Beth Yeshurun Cemetery on Post Oak.

Extent

4 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection consists of seven boxes containing immigration materials, correspondence, marriage records, directories, programs, newsletters, news clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, video, and memorabilia spanning the years 1896 to 2008.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection have been arranged in six series as follows:

Series I: Benjamin and Lillian (Weinberg) Kaufman Series II: Sheryl Eskowitz Series III: Maurice and Inez (Kaufman) Eskowitz Series IV: Oversize Series V: Oral History Series VI: Addenda